BeaverMiddle - 8th English Map Qtr 2

Standards	Content The Big Idea:	Skills	Activities	Assessments
RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL8.4, RL.8.5, RL.8.6,	Literary Text: Historical Fiction	Cite textual Evidence Draw inferences Determine theme Analyze plot advancement Figurative and Connotative meaning Compare and Contrast structure Point of View	Read: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson Washington Irving Edgar Allen Poe, The Tell Tale Heart Longfellow Use art to “show” students the elements of Romanticism Methods: Think-Pair-Share, Graphic organizers, QAR, Symbolic Time line Vocabulary: Romanticism, Dark Romantics, plot, theme, rising action, falling action, climax, resolution, conflict	Summative Assessment: Newsletter
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.5. RI.8.6, RI.8.7	Non-Fiction Text: Political Speeches, Papers and Propaganda, Journals, Diaries, personal letters, American Philosophy	Cite textual evidence Analyze texts explicit meaning Determine Central idea Analyze text development Determine relationship of sup[porting details to main idea Objective summary Comparisons, analogies and categories Analyze word choice Understand figurative, connotative and technical meanings Allusions structure of a paragraph Development and refining of key concepts Point of View Purpose Conflicting points of view Evaluate uses of different mediums	Excerpts from Emerson and Thoreau Declaration of Sentiment Elizabeth Cady Stanton Ain’t I a woman? Sojourner Truth Excerpts from Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas “The most remarkable Woman of this age” A newspaper article about Harriett Tubman Questions of Slavery, Women’s Place in Society, Manifest Destiny PRM Text: Lesson 6, 7, 8, 9	Formative Assessment: PRM Text: Unit 3 Practice Test. Unit 4 Practice Test Summative Assessment: Multiple Choice Test with Extended Response (End of Quarter exam given cooperatively with Social Studies teacher)
W.8.4, W.8.5, W.8.6, W.8.7, W.8.9, W.8.10 W.8.2, W8.8,	Informational Writing	Development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience Planning, editing, revising Use technology to produce and publish writing Collaboration Write informative text Organize ideas, concepts and information Use headings Graphics Multimedia Use concrete details and quotations Varies Transitions Formal Style Concluding Statement	1. Task Definition 2. Information seeking strategies 3. Location and Access 4. Use of information 5. Sythesis 6. Evaluation Informal Writing: Journals, Square ups, Blogs, ticket out the door, RPM Text: Lesson 6	Summative Assessment: Develop a Pathfinder
SL.8.1, SL.8.5, SL.8.6 SL.8.2 SL.8.4	Speaking and Listening	Engage in collaborative discussions Expressing ideas clearly Use researched material during discussions Set goals Meet deadlines Follow discussion protocol Pose relevant questions Respond to others Qualify and justify views Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations Adapt speech to audience and purpose Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media Evaluate motives Use of relevant evidence, valid reasoning and well chosen detail Eye contact, volume and pronunciation	Peer Revision Groups ( Second Protocol) Prezi Tutorial and practice Impromptu Speeches Listening Exercises: Brain Games	Presentation of Pathfinder using Prezi.
L.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.3, L.8.4, L.8.5, L.8.6	Language	Use of standard English in writing and speaking Explain the function of verbals ( Gerunds, participles and infinitives Use verbs in passive and active voice Use verbs in indicative, imperative, interrogative conditional and subjunctive mood Use correct Capitalization, punctuation and spelling Use coma, ellipsis and dash Use verbs in the conditional and subjunctive mood Determine the meaning of a word by using a range of strategies Using context clues Use common Greek and Latin affixes and roots to understand meaning Know how to use dictionaries, glossaries and thesauruses to clarify meaning, determine pronunciation and part of speech Figurative language Figures of speech Use grade appropriate vocabulary	Sentence Combining Affix Word Wall- cred, ped, man, sirt, mis, mit, port, ject, terra, geo, port, ben, mal (Greek and Latin affixes and roots as appropriate) Mini lessons: The Greedy Apostrophe, Ode to the English Plural,